Her birth given name was...
 

... Helen Hobbs

Didnt know if you knew this, just found out myself.

How did you find out?

How can that be true when she's a Russian born in Russia?

Yes indeed. Helen Hobbski? Naaa.

:joker: Thats a great name i laugh if she only put that accent on

Helen Hobbs? that's suss
Did she ever talk in detail about her life in Russia?

Isn't that her boxing name?

No it was Chris Eubank:laugh:

Angel's real first name is Elena

Cool - how do you know?

I found it on a thing to do with Russian music and there was something about her being on big brother and it said her real name

Elena _____ ???
She was also known as Sadko in Russia, popstar

All russian's are called Elena lol

Elena Chebotaryova

I knew her first name was Helen, I think it was mentioned on launch night.

Her real first name is Elena, she mentioned it on another thread here.

where does the hobbs bit come from?

Elena is a rough phonetic approximation to her name. Her original name was spelled in the cyrillic alphabet and a better approximation to how it would be pronounced in Russian is Yelena.

Going from fading memory I think that is right and it is 'Elena' but she married an Englishman named Hobbs. Since she was name-changing anyways.. he anglisised it to 'Helen'. Its really more just spelling.
Someone mentioned 'Sadko' as a stage name and thats just like 'Sting' or something,
and,
I really feel sorry for her because she looks 'sadko' alright. Over a life-long identity crisis which is no closer to being resolved after Big Brother.

[rquote=2079701&tid=121517&author=Marcjswp]All russian's are called Elena lol[/rquote]



:laugh2:

ahaha !